tootingbec commented on Valley's 150 biggest companies all run by men

"The Greene-out, Maritz-in, Tucci-cackles story would make for a helluva lot better melodrama if any of the three players were incompetent."

tootingbec commented on Even the Yahoo billboard is messed up

"The sign has always had a few neon elements that are unilluminated."

tootingbec commented on VC "canary in the coal mine" croaks

"Sarbanes-Oxley is just a package of perfectly sensible financial controls."

tootingbec commented on A week in which spellcheck failed us

"@BartKela: I think that raincoaster is trying to intrigue us by pointing out that Canadians, in at least one case, have something in common with Angelenos."

tootingbec commented on A week in which spellcheck failed us

"What do you mean "the" 101?"

tootingbec commented on Newspaper Outsourcing Comes To The OC

"Hooray for Indian copy-editors!"

tootingbec commented on Boston University professor plagiarized for Microsoft exec's award

"Sheesh..."

tootingbec commented on Hot dude alert: Keith Coleman of Google

"Just wait until autumn arrives, and he layers his Izod shirt with a Members Only jacket!"

tootingbec commented on At OutCast CEO Dinner, Robert Scoble greeted us warmly

"In the past, I have criticized Valleywag's party-photo spreads for lacking awesomeness."

tootingbec commented on Microsoft kicks Amazon.com's spandex-clad butt in bicycling to work

"Amazon.com's main Seattle presence is at the top of a lung-busting hill."

tootingbec commented on Jerry Yang and Sue Decker try to evade Kara Swisher's clutches

"Kara, you just put the "Owen" in "owned." Well played."

tootingbec commented on "The Technocrat"

"Did Christopher Tennant pay for this placement?"

tootingbec commented on Sun has great friends, but business plan still a mystery

"How come profit-making ideas are so plentiful when you're a 26-year-old geek in a garage, and so scarce when you're a 26-year-old joint stock corporation?"

tootingbec commented on AT&T plots Skype rival

"Ya know, the telcos have legacy businesses to protect from services like Skype, and right now only nerds have heard of Skype."

tootingbec commented on Congressman gets in on Second Life's "rape rooms"

"Caution, Internet enthusiasts: a defilement is not a defilement if during it one can munch Doritos (or an intern)."

tootingbec commented on Users of early online community The Well party like it's 1989

"Howard Rheingold is a "computing pioneer and author"?"

tootingbec commented on Forbes reporter leaves to join VC firm

"@Nicholas Carlson: I for one advocate a return to the inscription of cuneiform symbols on clay."

tootingbec commented on Hard-up Herring shakes down startups

"Contrary to what Monsieur Vieux asserts in his first paragraph, I often find that execution and quick ramp-up come at the price of pulling stuff out of one's ass."